COMMERCIAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4467, 15 September 1922, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Farmers’ Auctioneering Company reports as follows : Beef.—The beef market has shown improvement since our last report and everywhere a firm tone is evidenced. Mutton.—Supplies of fat sheep are exceedingly scarce, with the result that values have advanced rapidly. There seems every probability that the market will continue to harden for some little .time to come. Store Cattle. —The market for store cattle is again hardening. Not manygrown steers are offering, but younger cattle of the same sex meet with good competition whenever offered. The demand for heifers is somewhat erratic, although many good sales have been made. The present low value of dairy cattle undoubtedly accounts for this. Fresh conditioned cows meet wi.th good competition also, but store cows show little improvement. Stroe Sheep.—A demand awaits all classes of store sheep, but the markets have been very bare for some time. Occasional small lots of hoggets appear and meet with ready sale. Considerable inquiry exists for ewes with lambs at foot, and these are certain of a good reception when they arrive.

Dairy Cattle—The tone of the market generally has improved, and good animals close to profit find a ready sale. Backward sorts are in a similar condition in respect-to value. Pigs.—The yards during the past two weeks have been inundated with pigs, and in consequence the market has collapsed. Store pigs on the other hand still draw steady competition.

Horses.—There is a good inquiry for farm horses, and it is hoped the spring fair, this week will evidence this.

We quote as follows: Bullocks, heavy, prime, £8 to £9, medium £6 15s to £7 15s, light £6 to £6 10s ; cows, heavy, £6 to £B, medium £1 to £5 ss, forward £2 7s 6d to £3 5s ; steers, 4year, £4 to £5 ss, 3-year £3 5s to £4': heifers, 2%-iyear slhorthorn, r.w.b., £7 to £9 10s, 2-year Jersey £lO to £l3 10s, 2-ycar Shorthorn £5 10s to £7 : cows, stores, £1 2s 6d to £2 ; steers, 2' year, best, £2 12s J6d to £3 2s 6d. medium. £1 17s 6d to £2 10s ; heifers, empty 2-year Shorthorn, £3 15s to £1 15s, Holstein £4 10s to £5 10s. Jersey cross £4 15s to £6 ; yearling heifers,

Jersey, £4 15s to £6, best Shorthorn

£2 10s to £3 5s ; yearling Shorthorn steers £1 7s 6d to £1 12s 6d. Wethers, prime, heavy, 30s 6d to 33s 6d, medium 29s to 30's, light 25s to 29s 6d'; ewes, prime, heavy, 22s 6d to 28$, medium 19s 6d to 21s 6d ; store hoggets, best, 16s 6d to 18s, medium 14s to 15s 6d. Pigs : Baconer.s, heavy, £2 10s to £3 ss, light £2 2s 6d to £2 7s 6d ; porkers, heavy, 35s to £2' 2s 6d, light 30s to 32s 6d ; good slips £1 to £1 10s, small 17s 6d to £1 10s ; weiiners 12s 6d to 16s 6d. Horses : Heavy draughts £35 to £45, medium £3O to £37, light £2O to £27 ; harness horses £lO to £l7 ; hacks £7 to £ll. HAMILTON STOCK SALE. At the Hamiltion sale on Tuesday, September .12, very few sheep came forward —not sufficient to fill requirements. Fair quality mixed sheep made to 28s. The beef entry consists ed mainly of cows, including some heavy prime cattle. Extra, heavy cows sold to £7 ss, good Fat cows to £4 10s, killable cows £3 5s to £4 5s ; light fat steers £5 5s to £7 15s. The advertised line of 3 to 4-year steers created good competition, selling at £3 14s to £4 15s. Store cows made £1 4s to £2 5s ; empty heifer's £3 7s 6d. Fat pigs were dull of sale, particularly baconers, medium weights making up to £2, porkers £1 7s to £1 13s; ftore pigs made nearly as much, as the light porkers, a, line by rail selling from £1 3s 6d to £1 6s ; weaners 9s to 12s. There was a large entry of dairv cows, mostly poor quality heifers. For any good sorts buyers competed freely, best heifers close to profit making £lO to £l2 10s, good heifers £7 to £9 10s, backward and smaller £5 10’s to £7 ss, poor and weedy £3 to £5. Dairy cows up to £B.